Here's the handwritten note Obama sent to Reddit for helping win the net neutrality battle

Thursday was a big day for net neutrality advocates, as the
FCC voted 3-2 to regulate broadband internet and ban
companies from creating "fast lanes" to prioritize some content
over others.

The Reddit community was a big reason this historic ruling
happened. And President Obama was keenly aware of this fact.

So, President Obama
sent two notes to Reddit: One was a message he asked be
shared with the entire community, and another was a special
handwritten note.

Here's what the first message read:

Earlier today, the FCC voted to protect a free and open
internet — the kind of internet that allows entrepreneurs to
thrive and debates over duck-sized horses and horse-sized ducks
to persist.

This would not have happened without the activism and
engagement of millions of Americans like you. And that was a
direct result of communities like reddit.

So to all the redditors who participated in this movement,
I have a simple message: Thank you.

—President Barack Obama

And here's Obama's second handwritten message:

Reddit

In case you can't read the President's penmanship, it says,
"Thanks Redditors! Wish I could upvote every one of you for
helping keep the internet open and free! Barack Obama."

For over a year, thousands of people petitioned the FCC and their
local representatives thanks to initiatives taken on Reddit's
social platform — the community had similarly helped overturn two
other controversial bills that would affect the internet
recently, including SOPA
and PIPA.

In a Thursday blog post, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian
explained how Reddit's efforts were able to stifle the millions
of dollars lobbying the government to cancel net neutrality and
let companies pay for faster access to their customers.
You can read the full blog post here.